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Purple Finch

Haemorhous purpureus

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Field Notes

Description:

Male Purple Finches are delicate pink-red on the head and breast, mixing with brown on the back and cloudy white on the belly. Female Purple Finches have no red.

Habitat:

urban backyard

Notes:

Purple Finches are frequent visitors to my feeder for black oil sunflower seeds

Reference Links:

Purple Finch, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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